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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
2
Vandals chipped granite on the Plymouth Rock canopy in Twymouth, with damage concentrated on the western entrance stones. The Pilgrim Society offers a reward for information. Repairs would require dismantling the structure as affected blocks lie on the second tier.
The Cambridge Board of Aldermen approved a plan to appoint six lieutenants and nine sergeants, replacing the current six sergeants. Lieutenants would oversee night station charges and six sergeants would focus on street crime patrols. The board also appropriated $30,000 to widen Imont Street.
James Morgan, accused of kidnapping his child from the Cooper gypsy family near Somerville, is jailed and due for examination in Middlesex Court. The case centers on adoption disputes, claimed illegitimacy, and Morgan’s recent guardian ship bid while his gypsy wife Princess Marguerite Describes life with the Romany clan and the legal struggle surrounding the child Marguerite.
An advertisement claims a free trial of Mme Ribault complexion beautifiers will clear skin of freckles moth patches and pimples. Fannie B Ralston of Newport Kentucky recounts dramatic improvements after using the product and urges immediate requests by mail to Mme M Ribault Cincinnati Ohio for prepaid directions and free treatment.
The Boston Wesleyan Alumni Association held its annual dinner at the Westminster Hotel with about seventy five attendees. Rev. Charles A. Littlefield presided and toasts were given by Bradford P. Raymond, William C. Atwater, F. W. Dixon, C. H. Judd, B. F. Simon, J. H. Pillsbury, and E. A. Yarrow representing undergraduates.
The Rev. Charlies J. Ames and the Rev. Horatio Stebbins spoke on California experiences at the Unitarian Club meeting held last evening at the Hotel Vendome. Ames recalled California in the sixties while Stebbins shared his recent return after extensive work on the Pacific coast.
Washington reports Britain cannot locate the Philippine junta in Hong Kong. Agencies search origins of munitions and supplies reaching Filipino insurgents and now identify Macao on the Chinese coast as a likely base. Further investigation ongoing with no international action yet.
Gloucester reports the schooner Sigfrid, on a hand line fishing voyage, disappeared after sailing September 14. Thirteen weeks later it is presumed lost with no trace. five women are widowed and eighteen children orphaned. Captain Alexander Frazier, 88, and crew listed with spouses and children.
Ashore off Gloucester December 13 a lumber laden schooner Mansur B. Oakes from Calais ran aground on the unfinished Dog Bar breakwater while attempting to enter the harbor. She is lying easy and may be freed on the next tide. One crewman aboard reports the captain and others went to the city for assistance.
New York December 12. James Lawrence Van Alen and his bride Miss Daisy Post entered their Deutschland suite before the voyage and found two men dressed as women in a room full of flowers. They were told the room was misassigned and the flowers not for them.
Washington December 12 The Senate will convene at 11 in the morning so that Mr Hanna may address the Senate on the ship subsidy bill before the Hay Pauncefote treaty is taken up in executive session.
Arthur E Bull, 42, Harvard alum and husband of a devoted wife, shot himself after a failed Western boom and fading fortunes. He lived in Dedham with his family, had ties to the Fisher Ames Club and Dedham Golf Club, and had worked in Seattle and Boston before the tragedy. Mrs Bull, prostrate, recounted his rise and crash and noted his amiable domestic life.
By-elections across three Nova Scotia counties filled provincial seats after members resigned to contest Dominion elections. Liberals won in Cape Breton by large margins with Gillis leading over Donald and Aero ahead of Conservative. Halifax ex Mayor Crate, Liberal, likely defeated Crosby. Pictou county unopposed. Legislature stands Liberals 34 Conservatives 4. next general election in a year.
On Prince Edward Island general provincial elections conclude with Liberal government under Premier Farquharson sustained. Seventeen government supporters reported against eleven Conservatives, excluding Fort Augustus where figures are incomplete.
Washington December 12. War Department announces it will proceed with its own investigation through the Brooke board headed by Major General Brooke. Officials say full publicity of West Point conditions will be pursued alongside the House inquiry into Cadet Booz.
Washington December 12 Hon Joseph H Manley Maine declines the offer to become commissioner of internal revenue citing duty to his Maine Legislature seat. He emphasizes he cannot abandon the office or disappoint voters who elected him and expresses gratitude for the President's confidence and courtesy.
Colonel James M. Galvin and Mrs Florence M. Galvin wed in a small ceremony attended by about a dozen relatives. Rev William F. Russeault performed the service. A luncheon for 15 followed. The couple left for New York to sail for Europe and will be at home to friends in April.
Osip Gabrilowitsch, the Russian pianist, makes his first Boston appearance at Symphony Hall next Sunday with B J Lang directing. The program features Tchaikovsky piano concerto. Mme Juliette Corden, soprano, and Mr Isham, baritone, bring added star power from New York. Tickets available at the hall.
An advertisement touts a new remedy that stimulates hair roots to promote rapid growth. It targets mothers with young girls and claims benefits for dandruff, thinning hair, and baldness in all ages while offering a free trial package.
In New York Justice Andrews ruled a woman should be home by midnight after Florence Abel, a dressmaker, sought to bar her landlord from closing the front door and denying admission when she rang. The decision sparks fear of vigilante action and prompts burlesque houses to order earlier curtain calls to reach home by twelve.
A Boston rule prohibits hats in Ollis Street Theatre and the Museum. Mrs Apthorp refused removal, left with husband, then watched from a private box while Mr Apthorp sat in the orchestra. Friends await outcome of the dispute over hat wearing this season.
John McGrath of 15 Merrimac Street Somerville was arrested yesterday afternoon by Station 3 officers who suspected intoxication. Found on Leverett Street around 4 pm he staggered due to a broken ankle from a collision at Charles and Leverett. Taken to City Hospital after arrest.
Captain Chester departed for Smyrna to rejoin the Kentucky after a brief, agreeable visit. He thanked local authorities and said the memories of the stay would be pleasant.
Isaac Johnson aged 17 of Roswell Street Roxbury died when a wheel of his brewery wagon ran over his head yesterday afternoon. Johnson, a Hub Brewing Company driver, fell from his seat on Columbus Avenue near West Springfield Street as his helper Martin Joyce tried to stop the trotting horses. He was instantly killed.
The city of Moscow plans expenditure of 48 million roubles about 24.6 million dollars on new waterworks. Moscow’s population exceeds 1,000,000. During Pekin siege eighty mules carried diplomats and missionaries confined in the British embassy.
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